Editing Melbourne, Florida (section)

===Settlement===

[[File:Hotel Carleton, Melbourne, FL.jpg|thumb|left|The Hotel Carleton {{Circa|1907}}]]
The first settlers arrived after 1877. They included Richard W. Goode, his father John Goode, [[Cornthwaite John Hector]], Captain Peter Wright, Balaam Allen, Wright Brothers, and Thomas Mason.<ref>Shofner, Jerrell H., ''History of Brevard County Volume 1''</ref> Three of these men, Wright, Allen, and Brothers were black freedmen.<ref name="Remember Black">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Teri |title=Remember Melbourne's black history |url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/guest-columns/2016/02/21/remember-melbournes-black-history/80401254/ |access-date=December 18, 2018 |date=February 21, 2016}}</ref>

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The city, formerly called "Crane Creek",<ref>{{Cite news | first=Britt | last=Kennerly | title=Freed slaves helped map out local history | newspaper=[[Florida Today]] | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 1A | date=January 10, 2011 }}</ref> was named Melbourne in honor of its first postmaster, [[Cornthwaite John Hector]], an Englishman who had spent much of his life in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], Australia (which was in turn named after the British Prime Minister [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne]]).<ref name="The History of Melbourne, Florida">{{Cite web|url=https://www.melbourneflorida.org/departments/community-development/historic-preservation|title=Historic Preservation &#124; City of Melbourne, FL|website=www.melbourneflorida.org}}</ref> He is buried in the [[Melbourne Cemetery]], along with many early residents in the area. The first school in Melbourne was built in 1883 and is on permanent exhibit on the campus of [[Florida Institute of Technology]]. By 1885, the town had 70 people.<ref name=Rooted>Kellersberger, Julia Lake. ''Rooted in Florida Soil'', Florida Institute of Technology Press, 1971, p. 12.</ref> The Greater Allen Chapel [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] was founded in 1885 and is still active.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Rick | last=Neale | title=Church has 125 reasons to smile | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100301/NEWS01/3010304/1006/Melbourne+church+has+125+reasons+to+smile | publisher=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages=9A | date=March 1, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222143833/http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100301/NEWS01/3010304/1006/Melbourne+church+has+125+reasons+to+smile | archive-date=February 22, 2014 }}</ref>

In the late 1890s, the Brownlie-Maxwell Funeral Home opened and it is still in business. The oldest black-owned business in the county is Tucker's Cut-Rate plumbing. It opened in 1934.<ref>{{cite news | first=Wayne | last=Price | title=70 years & counting | publisher=Florida Today. | location=Melbourne, Florida | pages= 1E | date=March 22, 2009 }}</ref>

In the early 1900s, houses were often built in the [[Florida cracker architecture|frame vernacular]] style.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Maria | last=Sonnenberg | title=Historic preservation | newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 5D | date=November 9, 2013 }}</ref>

In 1919, a fire destroyed most of the original downtown along Front Street. At the time, it was rebuilt west of US Hwy 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melbourneharbor.com/history.html|title=History of Melbourne Harbor Marina in Melbourne, Florida|website=www.melbourneharbor.com|access-date=August 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | first=Ben | last=Brotenarkle | title=Historian publishes collection of articles | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20140325/NEWS01/303250023/Florida-Frontiers-Historian-publishes-collection-articles| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 11A | date=March 25, 2014 | access-date=March 25, 2014}}</ref>

During the [[Jim Crow]] years, black people were required to enter movie theaters via a different entrance from whites and sit in the balcony. Gas stations had signs for rest rooms labeled "Men", "Women", and "Colored." This persisted until integration in the late 1960s.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Britt | last=Kennerly | title=Space, Race and War | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2016/03/19/space-race-and-war-1966-brevard-county-florida-today-newspaper-anniversary/80053794/| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 18A | date=March 20, 2016 | access-date=March 20, 2016}}</ref><!---soft copy is video and supposed to be same article but did not listen to it to verify-->

In late 1942 the [[Naval Air Station Melbourne]] was established as a site to train newly commissioned [[United States Navy|Navy]] and [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] pilots for [[World War II]]. The program ran until 1946, and the land that was used for that program makes up most of what is currently the [[Melbourne Orlando International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melbourneflorida.org/info/history.htm|title=The History of Melbourne Florida<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=August 11, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524044422/http://www.melbourneflorida.org/info/history.htm|archive-date=May 24, 2007}}</ref>

In 1969, the cities of [[Eau Gallie, Florida|Eau Gallie]] and Melbourne voted to merge, forming modern-day Melbourne.<ref name="eau-gallie-merger">{{cite web |title=City of Melbourne, FL : Historic Preservation |url=http://www.melbourneflorida.org/departments/community-development/historic-preservation |access-date=October 8, 2016}}</ref>